The Site on Sanborn
This file appears in: Site 1: Jonte Equen's Home — The Birth of the Association: The Screwmen's Benevolent Association Organized
The area highlighted in blue is the site of Jonte Equen's home. This map is a Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from 1876. Notice that the buildings are surrounded by yellow sections, outlined with a dotted line. This indicates a location of a porch. Also observe that the Screwmen's Hall is located behind the home, on the same block.
This file appears in: Site 1: Jonte Equen's Home — The Birth of the Association: The Screwmen's Benevolent Association Organized
Site 1: Jonte Equen's Home — The Birth of the Association: The Screwmen's Benevolent Association Organized
On the evening of November 18, 1850, 121 screwmen put down their jackscrews and emerged from the dark, cramped hulls that they had been toiling in since early that morning. They made their way down…